Butterfly Sightings 2014

[Blue Nawab]

Female Common Faun (Faunis canens arcesilas) laying eggs



Bigg's Brownie (Miletus biggsii biggsii)

[horace2264]

Great capture of the Common Faun laying eggs!
Thanks for informing me about the find and passing me the eggs. This will allow me to fill in the missing pieces of the LH record of this species.

[Blue Nawab]

Great capture of the Common Faun laying eggs!
Thanks for informing me about the find and passing me the eggs. This will allow me to fill in the missing pieces of the LH record of this species.

Don't mention Horace, hope the eggs will turn out fine!

[Blue Nawab]

Common Hedge Blue (Acytolepis puspa lambi)




Rounded Sixline Blue (Nacaduba berenice icena ) (Thanks Dr Seow for the ID!)

[Psyche]

Post 24. last pix.

I think it should be a male N. calauria.

There is still a fair bit of confusion because of variations & what appear to be intermediates.

It is necessary to determine the gender first , male here from habit & brush end abdomen.

The beroe male have the dark striae in the FW postdiscal band obsolete or poor; wingbases dark-shaded.

The berenice male have the marginal spots rather flat & the HW marginal spot 3 (above the eyespot ) flatter.
Three males with uppers.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_UgE_Hi1aC...nice+icena.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pzK2I4_Ew6...nice-icena.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...a+sp+@+DFP.jpg

The male calauria tend to have the marginal spots bulging ;HW marginal spot 3 rounded; Marginal & submarginal spots usually dark.
http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/a...atAM120616.png
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...obby%20Mun.jpg
A female.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...yica---2--.jpg

TL Seow
PS. Nacaduba beroe. Typical male from Fraser's Hill.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/...62cac367_b.jpg

Two males from Singapore. Note dark striae in FW postdiscal band almost obsolete;FW submarginals bandlike but inner margins not rounded.
HW base darkened but FW base not obvious .2nd pix, Federick, Lornie Trail 2012.
http://wanderingbutterflyeffect.file...f39fce860b.jpg
Oops! 2nd pix wrong image/ID (a male N. sanaya.)

[Blue Nawab]

Thanks Dr Seow once again...and will be again and again for the detailed description and ID!

Post 24. last pix.

I think it should be a male N. calauria.

There is still a fair bit of confusion because of variations & what appear to be intermediates.

It is necessary to determine the gender first , male here from habit & brush end abdomen.

The beroe male have the dark striae in the FW postdiscal band obsolete or poor; wingbases dark-shaded.

The berenice male have the marginal spots rather flat & the HW marginal spot 3 (above the eyespot ) flatter.
Three males with uppers.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_UgE_Hi1aC...nice+icena.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pzK2I4_Ew6...nice-icena.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0EK80AsaR7...a+sp+@+DFP.jpg

The male calauria tend to have the marginal spots bulging ;HW marginal spot 3 rounded; Marginal & submarginal spots usually dark.
http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/a...atAM120616.png
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...obby%20Mun.jpg
A female.
http://www.butterflycircle.com/check...yica---2--.jpg

TL Seow
PS. Nacaduba beroe. Typical male from Fraser's Hill.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/...62cac367_b.jpg

Two males from Singapore. Note dark striae in FW postdiscal band almost obsolete;FW submarginals bandlike but inner margins not rounded.
HW base darkened but FW base not obvious .2nd pix, Federick, Lornie Trail 2012.
http://wanderingbutterflyeffect.file...f39fce860b.jpg
Oops! 2nd pix wrong image/ID (a male N. sanaya.)

[Blue Nawab]

Chocolate Albatross (Appias lyncida vasava), finally got you this season in Singapore!

[Blue Nawab]

Sumatran Sunbeam (Curetis saronis sumatrana)

[Psyche]

Post 24 No. 4.

Horace's breeding results show this is a male Nacaduba berenice, not N. calauria.

TL Seow

[Blue Nawab]

Thanks Dr. Seow for keeping track!